The
manufacturing sector is constantly evolving to meet global challenges
by taking advantage of new technology to increase productivity and streamline
operations.

To
succeed in the marketplace, today's manufacturing companies must get
the best possible results from all aspects of their operations. Whether
you're Made to Order, Made for Stock, or a Job Shop exclusively handling
customer orders, the same principles drive your operations - accurate
inventory control, streamlined processing, effective communications,
and sound decision-making. Manufacturing organizations, both large and
small, need to get their products to market faster, increase operational
efficiency, and meet the specific demands of customers.

Net
Result helps manufacturing firms meet technical challenges from integrating
data across the enterprise, to improving workflow, and to meeting forecast
demand.

Distribution

Whether
you're a manufacturer, importer, exporter, or any kind of organization
that needs to deliver goods, distribution is key to competitiveness,
profitability, and customer satisfaction. Customer service has become
so important in today's economy that it can make or break a company.

Net Result's
Distribution solutions give you the answer. With industry-standard solutions,
rapid implementation, and workflow tailored to the way you do business,
you'll see a return on your investment you can take to the bank.

By automating
and integrating your distribution systems with the rest of your organization,
you benefit by lowering your costs and decreasing your delivery times.
These two improvements have a direct effect on sales and retention.

First,
with lower costs, you can offer products at lower prices. That alone
improves sales and draws customers. Second, being able to provide customers
with faster service and detailed information about inventory and products
in transit means that you're increasing customer satisfaction, customer
loyalty, and fundamentally your profitability.
Distributors face significant pressures resulting from global competition,
shorter product life cycles, and lean economic conditions. The escalating
requirements of large customers create painful challenges for those
distributors still tied to conventional supply-chain processes. These
customers are compelling distributors to adopt value-added supply-chain
services, such as collaborative planning and vendor-managed inventories.
Predicting and responding to customer demand is a consistent problem.
Distributors constantly struggle with too little, or too much, inventory.
At each step along the supply chain, outdated systems make it difficult
to identify products that are moving slowly, or are out of stock. Left
unresolved, these issues lead to discounts, lost orders, higher inventory
costs, and lost customers. Dynamic market conditions place intense strain
on industrial distributors.

To stay
competitive and avoid being bypassed altogether, distributors must adapt
to evolving market demands by reducing costs and creating service-related
income.

Lean and
Effective: Managing the Supply Chain The highest revenue and profits
will be garnered by distributors who sell integrated supply contracts
with comprehensive service-level commitments. A robust IT environment
with effective supply-chain management systems is the key to attaining
this level of profitability. Companies launching supply-chain management
solutions can leverage their business automation as a substantial competitive
advantage. When coupled with inventory control technology, distributors
can increase the speed of delivery and shorten lead times with improved
inventory turns and accuracy of order-fill rates. These capabilities
can help distributors reduce costs drastically and gain a strong position
as a low-cost, preferred supplier while creating additional value to
their customers.